Kaif Slams BCCI and Team Selectors Over T20I Captaincy

Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif has criticized BCCI, over reports suggesting a possible change in the men’s India T20I leadership.

Kaif called it unfair to judge Suryakumar Yadav’s leadership based on franchise cricket. 

The criticism comes amid reports that the board has decided to hand over the leadership role to Shreyas Iyer, with Tilak Varma likely to be named Vice-Captain, despite Suryakumar leading India to the T20 World Cup title earlier this year. Kaif argued that a captain should not be judged solely on IPL performances and urged the selectors to show greater consistency in their decision-making.

According to multiple reports, India’s next T20I assignment begins with a two-match series against Ireland before the team



travels to England for a five-match T20I series and three ODIs. Sources indicate that chief selector Ajit Agarkar, head coach Gautam Gambhir and the selection committee have reached a consensus on appointing Shreyas Iyer as the new T20I captain, signaling a leadership transition in the shortest format why Suryakumar Yadav is not even in the T20I Squad.

Mohammed Kaif said that “It is very unfortunate that a World Cup-winning T20 player is being removed from the captaincy and even from the team. No player deserves to be treated this way. But why is this happening? The selection committee has been making such decisions for some time now. Even after winning the Champions Trophy, removing Rohit Sharma from the captaincy made no sense at all. I still believe it was a very poor and unfair decision.